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Smith's Bible Dictionary
Carcas
(severe), the seventh of the seven “chamberlains,” i.e. eunuchs, of King Ahasuerus. (Esther
1:10) (B.C. 483.).
Carchemish
(fortress of Chemosh) occupied nearly the site of the later Mabug or Hierapolis. It seems to
have commanded the ordinary passage of the Euphrates at Bir or Birekjik . Carchemish appears to
have been taken by Pharoah Necho shortly after the battle of Megiddo (cir. B.C. 608), and retaken
by Nebuchadnezzar after a battle three years later, B.C. 605. (Jeremiah 46:2)
Careah
(bald head), father of Johanan, (2 Kings 25:23) elsewhere spelt Kareah.
Caria
the southern part of the region which int he New Testament is called Asia, and the southwestern
part of the peninsula of Asia Minor. (Acts 20:15; 27:7)
Carmel
(fruitful place or park).
•A mountain which forms one of the most striking and characteristic features of the country of
Palestine. It is a noble ridge, the only headland of lower and central Palestine, and forms its southern
boundary, running out with a bold bluff promontory, nearly 600 feet high, almost into the very
waves of the Mediterranean, then extending southeast for a little more than twelve miles, when it
terminates suddenly in a bluff somewhat corresponding to its western end. In form Carmel is a
tolerably continuous ridge, its highest point,a bout four miles from the eastern end, being 1740
feet above the sea. That which has made the name of Carmel most familiar to the modern world
is its intimate connection with the history of the two great prophets of Israel, Elijah and Elisha.
(2 Kings 2:25; 4:25; 1 Kings 18:20-42) It is now commonly called Mar Elyas; Kurmel being
occasionally, but only seldom, hear.
•A town in the mountainous country of Judah, (Joshua 15:55) familiar to us as the residence of
Nabal. (1 Samuel 25:2,5,7,40)
Carmi
(vine dresser).
•The fourth son of Reuben, the progenitor of the family of the Carmites. (Genesis 46:9; Exodus
6:14; Numbers 26:6; 1 Chronicles 5:3)
•A man of the tribe of Judah, father of Achan, the “troubler of Israel.” (Joshua 7:1,18; 1 Chronicles
2:7; 4:1)
Carpenter
[Handicraft]
Carpus
a Christian at Troas. (2 Timothy 4:13)
Carriage
This word signifies what we now call “baggage.” In the margin of (1 Samuel 17:20) and 1Sam
26:5-7 And there only, “carriage” is employed int he sense of a wagon or cart.
Carshena
(illustrious), one of the seven princes of Persia and Media. (Esther 1:14)
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